Miscellany: writing, cats, TV, etc.

1) I wrote the first sentence in Book Five last night:

The muffled oars whispered secrets to the river as the boat slipped downstream, returning Major John André to the safety of the Vulture ( Read more... )

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I don't have an assigned topic for today, but I thought of two things to talk about anyway ( Read more... )

I'm starting this out with Adorable Cat Tricks: we have learned in recent days that Lancelot is not a morning kitty. He's been sleeping on our bed, and every morning now, when one of us gets up, he moves into a spot between the remaining person and the edge of the bed, as if to say no way, not you too, you are staying here. And he doesn't come ( Read more... )

1) The honeymoon phase of book release is here. When one's used to the quick turnaround of posting fic and getting feedback (like, minutes, sometimes *is amazed*), or even the slightly longer pause between sending book chapters to beta readers and getting thoughtful replies, the delay between publishing a book and people actually reading it (and ( Read more... )

Still haven't managed to get more than a black blur in photographing Lancelot, but here is the other kitty:


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Big news for the day: we went to a local shelter and adopted two cats. We've been thinking about doing this since getting over the initial grieving for our old cat, and the shelter opened again today after the holiday down-time, so we went, thinking "well, we'll just look," and "maybe kittens!" and of course ended up with two adult cats, who are ( Read more... )